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muriel_volestrangler

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1. P&O ferry detained over crew training concerns, says coastguard agency

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 08:44 PM

Mar 2022

A P&O ferry has been detained in Northern Ireland “due to failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training”, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

The agency said the ship, the European Causeway, was impounded at the port of Larne.
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The MCA said: “The vessel will remain under detention until all these issues are resolved by P&O Ferries. Only then will it be reinspected.”

Detention of ships is based on concerns over their safety and to prevent them going to sea.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/25/po-ferry-detained-over-crew-training-concerns-says-coastguard-agency

Do it on the cheap, put lives at risk. P&O was, of course, what Townsend Thoresen was rebranded to, after the Herald of Free Enterprise sank, killing 193, when their standard practice was to hurry and set sail before securing the bow doors.

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P&O ferry detained over crew training concerns, says coastguard agency muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #1

I had not made that link,but argh! LeftishBrit Apr 2022 #2